期刊名称：International Journal of Business and Management
印刷版ISSN：1833-3850
电子版ISSN：1833-8119
出版年度：2012
卷号：7
期号：5
页码：73
DOI：10.5539/ijbm.v7n5p73
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：In the current conditions of competitive market, companies shed light on not only their own organization’s affairs, but also on the identification of other relevant resources and factors out of their organization to have appropriate reaction in facing with them. That is to utilize opportunities to gain competitive advantages and enhance their level of competitive capability. The key concern in a supply chain is to coordinately managing and controlling of all the primary and support activities of the company that will be achieved with an appropriate integration of supply chain. In fact, having an integrated approach to the processes, internal and external, and emphasis on win-win approach instead of negotiating approach between elements of the chain are the most important issues in supply chain integration context. This study investigates the impact of supply chain integration on competitive capability. According to the findings of the study, supply chain integration has direct positive influence on competitive capability. In more depth, integration with suppliers has direct negative impact on competitive capability elements of cost leadership and differentiation. Internal integration has no direct impact on competitive capability. On the other hand, internal integration influences on cost leadership and differentiation indirectly through integration with suppliers and integration with customers. So, it can be resulted from findings that internal integration as a foundation for supply chain integration has direct influence on integration with supply chain partners, suppliers and customers, and eventually, results in improvement of competitive capabilities of the organization.
